From what I can tell is this guy has a disorder and "people" here feel the need to slam him because he actually loves his collection and is recognized for it. Go take your negative nancy attitudes elsewhere. Give him a damn break. Lots of internet tough guys here

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From what I can tell is this guy has a disorder and "people" here feel the need to slam him because he actually loves his collection and is recognized for it. Go take your negative nancy attitudes elsewhere. Give him a damn break. Lots of internet tough guys here

I don't think it is a slam on the guy at all but more on the author for not really telling the whole story... the way he went about the story about how he stores the cards in simple cardboard boxes and plastic bins as if that was an impressive way to store his collection. it is on the hands of the author to tell us the feel good story. as some have said willing to send this man some extra cards for him to cherish shows that is not the collector that we are having issues with

A link to your story was posted on a large sports card forum. It almost immediately drew negative responses because Mr. Barrett has 28,000 cards. In terms of most collectors this is pretty low. People thought it was a ridiculous excuse for a story. Link to the forum thread is below my name.

I looked pretty close at the picture and I have a suspicion that Mr. Barrett may be facing some challenges that the majority of us can't even imagine. If my suspicions are correct then I am very sure that the members of this forum would rally together and be more than happy to send Mr. Barrett some very nice cards (especially the initial detractors).

If there is more to this story that you can tell us, I would appreciate that.

A link to your story was posted on a large sports card forum. It almost immediately drew negative responses because Mr. Barrett has 28,000 cards. In terms of most collectors this is pretty low. People thought it was a ridiculous excuse for a story. Link to the forum thread is below my name.

I looked pretty close at the picture and I have a suspicion that Mr. Barrett may be facing some challenges that the majority of us can't even imagine. If my suspicions are correct then I am very sure that the members of this forum would rally together and be more than happy to send Mr. Barrett some very nice cards (especially the initial detractors).

If there is more to this story that you can tell us, I would appreciate that.

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Thanks for reaching out to the author but why did you come at her with the negative angle? Why not just say that you saw the article and you wanted to know if some of us on the forum could help increase his collection?

Thanks for reaching out to the author but why did you come at her with the negative angle? Why not just say that you saw the article and you wanted to know if some of us on the forum could help increase his collection?

I don't think it is a slam on the guy at all but more on the author for not really telling the whole story... the way he went about the story about how he stores the cards in simple cardboard boxes and plastic bins as if that was an impressive way to store his collection. it is on the hands of the author to tell us the feel good story. as some have said willing to send this man some extra cards for him to cherish shows that is not the collector that we are having issues with

It was a horribly written story, but... we're dealing with Topeka standards here. Everything seemed to be spelled correctly, so they've got that going for them...

Wow, was the point of the story missed! He collects and this reminds him of time with Dad and Grandparents! Maybe the story also ties in the good days for Royals baseball with Brett playing. I think everyone collects partially because of childhood memories. And if your card collection is bigger... Nobody cares

As a card shop owner in Topeka, I can honestly saw that I've never seen him. It does appear that he's a resident in a group home. I'm going to give the author of the story a call and see if there's any way I can help him with his collection like boxes, sleeves, top loaders, etc.

All that matters is that he enjoys collecting. The quantity or quality of his collection doesn't matter to anyone but him, and I absolutely respect that.

I've read it multiple times, and I feel like there's a lot of unanswered questions, the biggest being "why did this make news?"

if he's happy with his collection, then good for him. I understand the relation that collecting has to him and his dad. the story could have started off with more information, or ended with more information. perhaps there is a specific goal he has for his collection?

there is no depth to the writer's reporting.

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I've read it multiple times, and I feel like there's a lot of unanswered questions, the biggest being "why did this make news?"

if he's happy with his collection, then good for him. I understand the relation that collecting has to him and his dad. the story could have started off with more information, or ended with more information. perhaps there is a specific goal he has for his collection?

there is no depth to the writer's reporting.

Like a previous poster said, it's simply a peronal interest story. Any newspaper in the country prints them. It's not exactly hard news the writer was going after. She probably has a friend of a friend who knew she wrote for the paper and made a suggestion to interview him.

To be honest, ANY positive spin is GOOD for the hobby. It's supposed to be fun, right?